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About Beth @bponsot

Elisabeth Ponsot (Beth) is the Digital News Editor at PBS NewsHour Weekend, where she oversees the program's online team.

Beth is responsible for managing the PBS NewsHour's online news coverage and social media accounts on the weekends.

Prior to joining PBS NewsHour, Beth was a web producer for PBS Need to Know and worked as a multimedia reporter and social media editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Colby College.

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Beth’s Recent Stories

World Jun 14

Netanyahu: Terror group kidnapped three teens missing from West Bank

Israeli army searches for 3 teenagers thought to have been abducted in West Bank http://t.co/vBQmLdj8In pic.twitter.com/iPoBMmfXHL— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 14, 2014…

Nation May 31

U.S. secures release of American soldier held by Taliban in Afghanistan

The only American known to be held by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been freed, U.S. officials announced Saturday.

Nation May 25

Student suspect posted video rant, wrote manifesto before rampage

The day before the attack, Rodger apparently posted a video on YouTube in which he sits in the driver's seat of his car and details his plans for revenge. The message, entitled "Elliot Rodger's Retribution," includes vehement language against women.

Apr 30

Bryan Cranston answers viewer questions on life after ‘Breaking Bad’

Nation Apr 20

Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter is dead at 76

Rubin "Hurricane" Cater, the celebrated boxer whose wrongful murder conviction spurred widespread debate over racial injustice, has died at 76.

World Apr 05

Chinese ship detects underwater ping while searching for MH370

A Chinese ship searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 reportedly heard a “pulse signal” Saturday in the southern Indian Ocean.

World Mar 30

Paris elects first female mayor, left loses dozens of towns

Hidalgo's anticipated victory was an exception in an otherwise tough election night for President Francois Hollande's Socialist party, which lost races in towns across the country.

World Mar 02

Ultra-Orthodox stage mass protest against military conscription

Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews descended on Jerusalem on Sunday to protest a bill that would require members of their community to serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

World Mar 01

In lengthy phone call, Obama and Putin trade words on Ukraine crisis

President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone on Saturday about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, according to separate statements from the White House and the Kremlin…

World Feb 23

New details of most-wanted drug kingpin captured in Mexico

In a joint effort of Mexican and U.S. law enforcement on Saturday, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the notorious drug kingpin, was taken into custody in the resort city of Mazatlan.

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